| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDRS | Surface Differential Reflectance Spectroscopy |
| VCA | Virtual Crystal Approximation |
| NN-TB | Nearest-neighbor Tight Binding |
| ICD | Induced Circular Dichroism |
| GTN | Global Trend Network |
| EBOM | Effective Bond-orbital Method |
| AMTIR | Amorphous Material Transmitting Infrared Radiation |
| VCC-RIOS | Vibrational Close-coupled-rotational Infinite Order Sudden |
| HPI | Hazard Potential Index |
| WSATI-WQ | Weighted Species Association Tolerance Index-water Quality |